Working in local history usually makes me reluctant to speculate on the future. “I’m a historian,” I will tell people when asked to guess what might happen. “Not a prognosticator.” However, being conscious the future is vital for any business, for-profit or nonprofit or government. Internally the Minnesota Historical Society has been estimating challenges it […]

Phillip Torrone offers some insight into what he believes the future of public libraries may be. He begins with an overview of the current state of affairs that is drawn from published sources, and this is quite useful. He then points out other lending options that have existed since the 1970s and may be growing. […]

The Line Media, a weekly Twin Cities online magazine, has begun a series of four thought pieces on the future of Minnesota. In the first interview, with Tom Fischer from the University of Minnesota, the prediction is that the state will experience significant growth in the future. The reasons are many, but message for local […]